This article presents a microeconometric model of the social contributions collected by the Swiss Old Age and Survivors Insurance scheme (AHV-AVS), as well as an application to the evaluation of the amount of contributions for the period 1995-2040. The model is made up of three main components....

The aim of this paper is to understand why the unemployment rate in Geneva is higher than in the rest of Switzerland. In order to explain the differences of cantonal unemployment rates, we use an approach based on the analysis of inflow and outflow rates into and from unemployment and the...

This study analyses first the impact of various income sources on overall income inequality in Switzerland in 1980, on the basis of the Income and Wealth Survey which was conducted during that year. The specific effect of each of these income sources is analyzed separately for male- and...

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